tom barton, bbc news. our political correspondent tom barton is with me now.du theresa may and the conservatives find themselves right now? this might look like a cabinet split, but is it? it is certainly a disagreement about the viability of theresa may's brexit deal, is it dead or not, that is the question. on one hand you have the foreign secretary saying that a version of this deal with a modified backstop can get through parliament, on the other hand, amber rudd, the work and pensions secretary is saying that the government needs to do something different if it is going to get mps onside. you have also got the disagreement over how the government should be talking about no deal. again, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, using the prospect of no deal as leveraged to try to persuade the eu to think again about the backstop, saying that european leaders cannot be sure that parliament would block it, even if thatis parliament would block it, even if that is what they think it would do. on the other hand, amber rudd seeing, for the sake of oliver futures, tha

tom barton, bbc news. a large fire has broken out at chester zoo, prompting an evacuation of visitors and animals. according to the zoo, the blaze broke out in its monsoon forest habitat. teams are now working to move visitors other animals away from the fire. tens of thousands of police have been deployed across france, in preparation for a fifth weekend in succession of anti—government protests. there are reports that demonstrators blocked the port of calais this morning. in paris, several hundred people marched along the champs elysees. from the french capital, hugh schofield has sent this report. a moment of tension on the champs elysees. a group of yellow vests comes up against a police cordon. noise, but not much fury. the tension subsides. the authorities were ready for the worst. as the day began, once again thousands of riot police were on the streets searching protesters for hidden projectiles. but so far, the day has been in general peaceful. even good—humoured. a group of feminists came to lend

tom barton, bbc news.'s speak to anne perkins now, who is a freelance journalist and a former deputy political editor of the guardian. thank you forjoining us. essentially, amber rudd is calling time on what she describes as outrage and accusations. is it really as simple as that? it is certainly not simple and i do not expect for a moment that amber rudd thinks it is simple either. i think soundings are definitely being taken, perhaps below cabinet minister and front bench level, but definitely there are efforts i have —— efforts of cross—party working going on. the question is what the commons can agree on, if anything, and what device may be used to try to establish what it is? the problem for mrs may is if she tries to work out what that is, it would involve relinquishing leadership of her battle to get her run delaet accepted, or at least that is one way of interpreting it, and it is undoubtedly what she fears. so you have division within the cabinet and there is this lack of consensus across the comm

let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton, who's in central london this morning. an interesting bit of timing, and interesting intervention from amber rudd? absolutely. after a week in which an awful lot has happened, but very little has changed, one thing seems clearer than ever, the prime minister is going to find it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to get her deal through parliament. that is acknowledged today by amber rudd, the home secretary and member of theresa may's cabinet, writing in the daily mail, saying brexit is in danger of getting stuck. so proposes reaching out across the party divide to try to find a solution that parliament can accept. she says politicians should abandon outrage and accusations and forge a consensus. that good, she says, include mps openly discussing in parliament other options, including a closer deal than the prime minister is proposing, or even potentially another referendum. one group that is working together across the party divide is the brexit supporting campaign leave means leave. they held a rally last night and

tom barton, thank you. tom, with his scarf and gloves on there.pecting freezing conditions. freezing rain is expected to bring treacherous conditions to parts of the uk this weekend as storm deirdre hits on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. the met office has issued amber warnings for some areas. helen's here to tell us more. it is because of the freezing rain, you will take us through which areas are affected in a few minutes but why should we be worried? widespread freezing rain is very rare in this country. it happens widely in the usa but it is one of those severe weather phenomenon is which happens very quickly. it causes extremely dangerous conditions with widespread black ice. i will explain some of the dynamics here. these weatherfronts come in on top of the ones we have already had. snow floaters down through the atmosphere and turns into rain as temperatures are slightly above freezing in the upper atmosphere but then they come back into the colder air we have at the bottom so it freezes again but stays as rain. when the

our political correspondent tom barton told me that amber rudd's comments in the daily mail essentiallywledge the unworkability of may's deal. it is looking almost impossible to get really any version of her deal through parliament, saying brexit is in danger of getting stuck. although she continues that she publicly backs the prime minister's deal, she also says that essentially the government needs to be reaching out across the party divide to try to find a solution parliament can accept. trying to build a consensus. what she is essentially saying is, you know, there is no majority in parliament for what is on the table and so the government needs to start talking to all groups in parliament to see where they can find a deal that parliament will back. we will hear from the foreign secretary in a moment who has also been out in the media butjust to pin this down a bit, she is saying then that she backs theresa may's deal but acknowledges it will be hard if not impossible to get the deal through, therefore there through, therefore there may be other votes and options. is she speaking on

here's our political correspondent, tom barton.

need to find a..' ...plan that a majority in parliament can support.‘ our political correspondent tom bartonlook at this proposal from amber rudd, the first question is, what is she getting at, and secondly, what is the likelihood of achieving that? well, this has been achieving that? well, this has been a week where an awful lot has happened. but very little has changed. one thing we know full certainty now, we knew at the beginning of the week as well, was that the prime minister does not have the support she needs in parliament to get her deal through. essentially, that is the point amber ruddis essentially, that is the point amber rudd is making and accepting today. brexit is in danger of getting stuck, she says, that means that parliament is gridlocked with no real majority anywhere for anything, apart, perhaps, from there being a majority of mps who do not want no deal. she is one of them? she is opposed to no deal without question. she is publicly backing the prime ministers deal but alluding to idea that maybe there needs to be something significantly different in order to get throug

here's our political correspondent, tom barton.can to the prime minister due to get her brexit deal approved by what can the prime minister d0 to get her brexit deal approved by mps? the answer, according to one of her ministers today, appears to be not a lot. writing in the daily mail, the work and pensions secretary amber rudd says that the government needs to acknowledge the risk that pursuing the deal could lead to no compromise, no agreement and no deal. so she says, politicians must abandon outrageous accusations and try to forge a consensus. but that assessment is rejected by her cabinet colleague, but foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. he insisted today that it will be possible to get a version of the deal through parliament. let's be clear, the deal on the table is what we have. but, the thing that the house of commons will not accept is any risk of us being permanently trapped through the northern irish backstop in the customs union. and despite all the difficulties this week, i think it is possible to get this deal through wi

let's speak to our political correspondent tom barton, who's in central london this morning.ighly unlikely that amber rudd would have written a piece like this without the permission of theresa may, her boss, is this the beginning ofan theresa may, her boss, is this the beginning of an official strategy, do you think? it is difficult to say. but it is clear after a week in which a lot has happened but very little has changed, one thing that we know for sure is that reza may does not have the support she needs in parliament to get the deal through —— theresa may. but amber rudd appears to accept that. the work and pensions secretary saying that brexit is in danger of getting stuck. while in public she continues to back the prime minister's deal, she said the government needs to reach out across party lines to put together a consensus parliament can accept, to forge a consensus. one group that is successfully reaching out across party lines is the pro—brexit campaign group, poppy leave m ea ns pro—brexit campaign group, poppy leave means leave. —— leave means leave. they had a